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Rei Cooperative Action Fund

To create a more equitable outdoors by bringing together the collective strength of our community.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
257
Grants FY2024still arriving
45
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Environment$4.9MRecreation & Sports$3.3MYouth Development$1.9MHealth$1.2MEducation$1.2MCommunity Improvement$810kSocial Science$674kHuman Services$460kOther$0
02FY2024 · 257 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k232 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+2 grants · $700k
$10,000
Median grant
45
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$400,000
TAKING CARE OF TEXAS DBA TEXAN BY NATURE$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$150,000
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION$100,000
COALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES$100,000
RISING ROUTES$100,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC$100,000
CATALYST SPORTS$100,000
BOYZ N THE WOOD$75,000
HBCUS OUTSIDE$75,000
OREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50,000
LEAVE NO TRACE$50,000
CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT$50,000
NATIVE LIKE WATER - ONE WORLD BRIDGE$50,000
THE MOUNTAINEERS$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $695k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIVER NEWE: $100k → 13%EAGLE MOUNT BILLINGS: $15k → 9%CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ADAPTIVE SPORTS CENTER: $15k → 19%ROCHESTER ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURES: $15k → 14%LA PLAZITA INSTITUTE: $100k → 14%MYTEAM TRIUMPH WISCONSIN: $15k → 10%MEMPHIS ROXONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $50k → 17%TRIPS FOR KIDS CHARLOTTE: $10k → 10%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $20k → 9%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $10k → 13%REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $15k → 14%ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION: $15k → 5%QUEER NATURE: $100k → 17%LGBT OUTDOORS: $15k → 11%BLACK OUTSIDE: $50k → 16%MEMPHIS ROX: $25k → 17%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $10k → 22%GET OUTDOORS NEVADA: $20k → 13%WOMEN'S WILDERNESS: $20k → 12%BLACKLISTLA RUN ORGANIZATION: $10k → 14%YMCA BOLD & GOLD: $50k → 9%SOUL TRAK OUTDOORS: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 36 repeat orgs$7.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 238 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
34

Total granted

$7.3M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

92%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $674k · revenue +134%
  • AA
    Adaptive Adventures
    3× · 2021–2023 · $391k · revenue +35%
  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $365k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +191%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · $160k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
    one grant, 2023 · $160k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Recreation Northwest

We teach the health benefits of nature, promote outdoor recreation, and steward the places where we play.

Recreation & Sports
2
Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
3
Environmental Traveling Companions

ETC provides accessible outdoor adventures including whitewater rafting, sea kayaking and leadership training, for people with disabilities, youth from under-resourced backgrounds and volunteer guides.

Environment
4
Falls Creek Wildlands and Trails

Falls Creek Wildlands and Trails FCWT promotes conservation stewardship and responsible recreation in the Falls Creek area through trail development and maintenance environmental restoration and preservation projects and educational…

Environment
5
Minority Outdoor Alliance
Education
6
Nature for All

Nature for all builds a diverse base of support to ensure that everyone in the losangeles area has equitable access to the wide range of benefits which natureprovides. we're committed to building support to protect, create access to…

Environment
7
Portland Parks Conservancy

The Portland Parks Conservancy's mission is to enhance Portland's parks and recreational programs by raising philantropic capital and engaging the community.

Human Services
8
Outdoors for Everyone Project
Health
9
Outdoor Alliance

Our mission is to unite the voices of outdoor enthusiasts to protect the humanpowered outdoor recreation experience and conserve Americas public lands.

Environment
10
Bikepacking Roots

Bikepacking Roots supports and advances bikepacking the growth of a diverse bikepacking community and access to and the conservation of the landscapes and public lands through which we ride. We lower the barriers to bikepacking through…

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11
Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation dba River La

Engage.Protect.Enhance.Weareonamissiontobringpeople,water,andnaturetogetherwhilepursuingasustainablerevitalization of the Los Angeles River corridor.

Community Improvement
12
Pacific Crest Trail Association

The pacific crest trail association's mission is to advocate for the pacific crest trail as an inspirational outdoor experience, to connect people to the pct, and to conserve the trail.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Justice Outside; the most unlike its peers is One Family Memphis. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

285 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 285 of the 310 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
282/285
Grantees still filing
122/285
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Taking Care of Texas: $300,000 · EnvironmentTaking Care of TexasOUTDOOR AFRO: $254,928 · EnvironmentOUTDOOR AFROEAST COAST GREENWAY ALLIANCE INC: $240,000 · EnvironmentEAST COAST GREENWAY ALLI…CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION: $200,000 · EnvironmentCONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL…FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $175,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGEL…GREAT RIVER PASSAGE CONSERVANCY: $150,000 · EnvironmentPark RX America: $150,000 · EnvironmentOutward Bound Adventures: $150,000 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $115,000 · Environment+46 more: $1,295,000 · Environment+46 moreUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $310,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHWILD DIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherWILD DIVERSITYBOYZ N THE WOOD INC: $175,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $160,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $160,000 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · OtherNUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT: $150,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · OtherPALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION: $150,000 · OtherAdaptive Adventures: $391,060 · OtherAdaptive AdventuresFRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY: $200,000 · OtherOREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherBlue Bird LifeWays: $150,000 · Other+53 more: $1,860,000 · Other+53 moreBLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION: $332,540 · Recreation & SportsBLACK GIRLS RUN…Washington Area Bicyclist Association: $240,000 · Recreation & SportsWashington Area…Catalyst Sports Inc: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsCatalyst Sports…SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsSAN FRANCISCO P…FRIENDS OF BIG MARSH: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF BIG …HIKE CLERB INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsARKANSAS LATINAS EN BICI: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsYONKERS PADDLING AND ROWING CLUB INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsOutdoors for all Foundation: $75,000 · Recreation & Sports+30 more: $470,000 · Recreation & Sports+30 moreTexas A&M Foundation: $400,000 · EducationTexas A&M Foun…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …CHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK: $250,000 · EducationCHILDREN & NAT…THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $160,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …GIRLTREK INCORPORATED: $155,828 · EducationGIRLTREK INCOR…UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …ONE WORLD BRIDGE: $150,000 · EducationONE WORLD BRID…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FU…+2 more: $30,000 · EducationTHE VENTURE OUT PROJECT INC: $355,828 · Youth DevelopmentTHE VENTUR…HBCUS OUTSIDE INCORPORATED: $175,000 · Youth DevelopmentHBCUS OUTS…CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEYENNE R…CONSERVATION LEGACY: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONSERVATI…ELSO INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentELSO INCDINE WE CAN: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentDINE WE CA…ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMEN…City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentCity Kids …OUTDOOR OUTREACH: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentOUTDOOR OU…+12 more: $155,000 · Youth Development+12 moreCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $365,020 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $287,560 · PhilanthropyThe Trauma Foundation: $150,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Anacostia Park: $100,000 · PhilanthropyJUSTICE OUTSIDE: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $673,940 · Social Science
Environment$3,029,928Other$4,406,060Recreation & Sports$1,992,540Education$1,845,828Youth Development$1,385,828Philanthropy$962,580Social Science$673,940

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $673,940 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdaptive Adventures: $391,060 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $365,020 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VENTURE OUT PROJECT INC: $355,828 over 3y, 24% of budgetBLACK GIRLS RUN FOUNDATION: $332,540 over 3y, 45% of budgetTaking Care of Texas: $300,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $287,560 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOUTDOOR AFRO: $254,928 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetWILD DIVERSITY: $250,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK: $250,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWashington Area Bicyclist Association: $240,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetEAST COAST GREENWAY ALLIANCE INC: $240,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY: $200,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION: $200,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatalyst Sports Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHBCUS OUTSIDE INCORPORATED: $175,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $175,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLTREK INCORPORATED: $155,828 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetGREAT RIVER PASSAGE CONSERVANCY: $150,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetThe Trauma Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetNUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT: $150,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetOutward Bound Adventures: $150,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $150,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBlue Bird LifeWays: $150,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIG MARSH: $150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetONE WORLD BRIDGE: $150,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetPALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION: $150,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $115,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHIKE CLERB INC: $100,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetRISING ROUTES ALLIANCE: $100,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetGROUNDWORK USA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSouth River Watershed Alliance: $100,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF BROWNSVILLE DBA COME DREAM COME BUILD: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFriends of Anacostia Park: $100,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetOHIO RIVER WAY: $100,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetSAVED BY NATURE: $100,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetRestoring Lifeways: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

PatagoniaorgNational Recreation F…Clif Family FoundationNational Park Foundat…Move UnitedJustice OutsideThe Schmidt Family Fo…Resources Legacy FundThe Keith Campbell Fo…Christopher Reeve Fou…Outride fka The Speci…National Forest Found…
PatagoniaorgCA68.4× affinity60 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · Clif Family Foundation · National Park Foundation · Move United · Justice Outside · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Outride fka The Specialized Foundation · National Forest Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rei Cooperative Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rei Cooperative Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Northwest Youth Corps: 100% of income from government
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Elso Inc: 100% of income from government
  • New Jersey Tree Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • All Out Adventures Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Urban Nature Partners Pdx: 34% of income from government
  • Connecticut Forest & Park Association: 16% of income from government
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Living Classrooms Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • Alachua Conservation Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Hunters of Color: 4% of income from government
  • Groundwork Jacksonville Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
59report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 310 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home